Drone missile stops Daesh public execution

This video grab image shows a Hellfire missile fired from RAF Reaper remotely piloted aircraft targeting Daesh.

RAF Reaper remotely piloted aircraft observed a group of Daesh terrorists in Abu Kamal, eastern Syria, on May 9, 2017, mustering a large crowd of civilians in one of the town's main streets.

The footage, released by the British ministry of defense this week, shows the moment when a van unloaded two shackled prisoners in front of a crowd, in what became clear to the military that Daesh was organizing a public execution. Given the large number of civilians present, the Reaper's crew could not directly target the Daesh extremists who were about to carry out the killings.

However, two armed extremists were stationed as sentries on the roof of a building overlooking the scene.

A Hellfire missile was fired immediately, and scored a direct hit which not only killed one of the Daesh militants, but also brought the execution to an immediate halt, as the Daesh fighters fled the scene and the crowd of civilians dispersed.


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